The United Kingdom is known to have produced notable figures during both of the World Wars. These figures were essential in either World War I or World War II, or even both while others were best known to have derived ways to bring the war to an end. One such common figure, not only in UK but in the entire world, is Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill popularly known as Winston Churchill, who was born on 30th November 1874 and died on 24th January 1965. He was a descendant of the renowned Churchill family who were royalties in Marlborough.

Churchill first came into the limelight as a war correspondent during the second Anglo Boer war that was undertaken by the Britons and South African self proclaimed Afrikaaners. Churchill was captured when Boer ambushed a train convoy of the British Army. He later on managed a high profile escape crossing the South African border on his way to Lorenzo Marques which is the present day Mozambique. The status achieved during this escape was used to form a solid political background that lasted for 61 years. At first, he was a Conservative Party member who is remembered to have “crossed the floor” and joined the Liberals. This saw him enter the cabinet during his early thirties. His initial career was unimpressive for he is one of the military and political engineers of the disastrous and tragic Gallipoli landings on Dardanelles in World War I. He was later described as “the Butcher of Gallipoli”. He was also involved in the Anglo-Irish 1921 treaty invasion that founded Irish Free State. In 1926, he was appointed Exchequer Chancellor under the reign of Stanley Baldwin. He is famed for the return of Britain to the precious Gold Standard. It has also been noted that he suggested machine guns to be used on miners that were striking. This was based on his argument that “either the country will break the General strike, or the General Strike will break the country”.

At the beginning of World War II, Winston Churchill was appointed as the First Lord of the Admiralty. Neville Chamberlain resigned in May 1940 and Churchill was appointed the Prime Minister and went ahead to form an all party government. Max Aitken was immediately made in-charge of aircraft production that later on made difference during the World War II. At this time, his speeches were a great inspiration to the beleaguered United Kingdom where he promised to do everything possible to defend his country and island at whatever cost. Churchill formed a good relationship with Franklin Roosevelt who was US president. UK then secured vital supply through the shipping routes of North Atlantic Ocean. He established SOE (Special Operations Europe) that endeavored guerrilla operations in France and registered notable success.